3 many mountain counties have winter weather alerts this morning. here is a live look from our indigo camera in downtown asheville. 3 3 school closings and delays are continuing to scroll across the bottom of your screen. you can also find a complete list on our website, wlos dot com. we have live team weather coverage this morning... jaclyn deaugustino has our on-time traffic brigman is standing by in madison county with the latest condtions. let's send it over what's to come in your sky watch forecast. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7- day forecast for both the 3

3 crews have been busy preparing ahead of the winter weather. news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage from the d-o-t salt barn in madison county. lauren, what are you seeing there? 3 3

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any of the high elevations. its still a good idea to take it slow on those bridges, overpasses, and secondary roads throughout the morning. *otherwise...it is a quiet start to the morning commute. i-26 westbound is moving right along from u-s 64 to airport road. speeds clocking in at 65 miles per hour at chimney rock road. *i'm jaclyn deaugustino with this on-time traffic report... brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. 3 3 3 firefighters investigate what caused a fire at an asheville business. the fire broke out yesterday, just after midnight on haywood road. these photos were posted to our facebook page by rob lenfestey. crews contained the flames to two rooms. no one was inside at the time, and no one was hurt. 3 3 3 a long-awaited murder trial may finally get underway in transylvania county tomorrow. charles o'shields is accused of shooting toby mathis to

shot inside the 'dollar general' in rosman in 2011. the victim had been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of o'shields' son. o'shields' trial was delayed several times, over questions about his competency. 3 3 the death of a haywood county man whose body was found in the upstate has been ruled a suicide. 57-year-old jeffrey turner's body was found friday morning in oconee county. search teams had been looking for him since he was reported missing last tuesday. 3 3 a man is arrested following a standoff with sheriff's deputies in oconee county. 31-year-old david brown is charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. authorities responded to a call early yesterday morning near seneca. brown's wife left their home and contacted deputies. they say he barricaded himself inside, but later surrendered. 3 3 3 police in fletcher are still searching for these car break-in suspects. investigators say they stole credit cards from vehicles, then used them at businesses in henderson and southern buncombe counties. they were traveling in a truck similar to the one you see here. if

department. 3 3 remembering the late justice antonin scalia. funeral plans have yet to be made-and political battle is brewing over his replacement. megan hughes has details. 3 3 script:justice antonin scalia's body-transported to virginia after his final vacation.a quail hunting trip at this west texas ranch was cut short. the legal giant died in his sleep. sot john poindexter / owner, cibolo creek ranch "he was totally peaceful. he's a man who went to sleep and just didn't wake up. the political fallout? less than peaceful. within an hour of the supreme court confirming scalia's death senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared "this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president." president obama made it clear he's ready to move. sot obama: "i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor..."both parties have reason to fight for who gets to make the nominations, because of how it could shift which, without scalia, is split 4 and 4.sot kerry haynie

science"...so now this next appointment will be critical for some important decisions that are coming down the pike" that includes decisions regarding abortion, affirmative action, and immigration.and *that* adds a new dimension to this year's presidential race. sot hillary clinton "it is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates."republicans backing up mcconnell in saturday night's debate-.sot trump: "it's called delay, delay, delay."senator ted cruz on this week, vowing to filibuster if necessarysot cruz (from tw):"we should not allow a lame duck president to essentially capture the supreme court in the waning months of his presidency." reporter tag: who might the president nominate? two names being mentioned: jane kelly and sri srinavasan. both--circuit court judges who were confirmed unanimously just three years ago.

3 in this morning's newsreel... police are investigating who planted an explosive near the airport in albuquerque, new mexico. investigators say the device was attached to an a-vis budget rental car. a mechanic saw it when he put the vehicle on a lift yesterday. a police bomb squad later disabled it. the incident did not affect any flights and everything is now back to normal at the airport. officials say they are trying to track down the last person to rent the car. 3 a man in oregon is expected to survive after he was pulled into a wood chipper. his harness got stuck in tree limbs that were fed into the chipper. they say his leg tripped the safety bar in the last moment and shut the chipper off. officials say chipper blades were just inches away from his head when the machine stopped. the victim broke his leg and suffered a head injury. 3 and take a look at this.. giant ice chunks can be seen floating in lake michigan right now. this photo was taken by todd pratt along the banks of the belmont harbor in chicago. 3 3

additions to the henderson county sheriff's department will get their new names. the two bloodhound puppies started training with the department last month. more than 300 fifth grade students from hillandale, clear creek and etowah elementary sent in names for the pups. the winning names were picked by the deputies who are handling the k-9s. they will be revealed during a pep rally today at clear creek 3 3 3 we have an early bird gets the win giveaway this morning. in honor of "international random acts of kindness week", we are giving away two 50 dollar gift cards to "publix". go to facebook dot com slash news 13 to enter. we will announce the winners just before seven this morning. and coming up, we'll show you the reaction to our "random acts of kindness" at publix. 3 3 3 is it a boy or a girl? coming up a little later...all the details on the greenville zoo's newest member, including

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3 for "international random acts of kindness week", we want you to share your experiences. did you do something nice for a stranger, or did someone do something nice for you? tell us about it. go to facebook dot com slash news 13. we will share some of your stories later this morning. 3 3 3 3 the time is now 5:xx. it's president's day. coming up in this morning's five at five... five facts you probably didn't know about some of our past presidents. 3 all new at six, about a hundred first responders battle a fire. what they used

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hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. the results are something to savor. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. 3 in honor of president's day, we are taking a look at 5 facts you probably didn't know aboo our past presidents. number five, because of his prominent support for the colonization, the capital of liberia was named after james monroe. fourth on the list... james madison was princeston's first graduate student. number three... thomas jefferson founded the university of virginia in 18-19 jefferson is the only president to have ever founded an institution of higher learning. number two... john adams used to skip school. he would often spend his time hunting and fishing.and number one on the list...

wooden. contrary to popular belief, the country's first president had dentures made of gold, ivory, lead, and animal teeth. 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 3 the tar heels are out to

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3 the north carolina tar heels have gone through some serious adversity over the past couple of weeks. a pair of conference losses and a frightening moment when roy williams collapsed during a game. but the coach is fine, and so too is the team, after a dominating performance sunday against pitt. roy williams feeling much better today, tossing out carolina t-shirts before the game today. pick it up in the first half, kennedy meeks gets the block, and then starts the break to marcus paige who finishes with the dunk! paige scores 15 points, and this game was never in doubt for u-n-c. later, brice johnson takes the feed from paige and throws it down! johnson scores 19 points to lead the tar heels. carolina up 42-29 at the break. in the

paige who starts the break again, and gets rewarded with a wide open three. u-n-c beats pittsburgh, 85-64. so we just wanted to buckle down and just play harder. we got killed on the boards today. we weren't perfect. we had too many turnovers and what-not. but we just played hard, and the effort was there.that's the one thing we always want to do is we want to punch somebody, and not get punched in the beginning of the first five minutes of each half. we just decided we were going to go out there and be able to knock them out and not let them back in. one of the best rivalries in college basketball is next, when u-n-c will host duke on wednesday night. the tar heels remain in first place in the acc. miami is second, followed by virginia and notre dame. duke is fifth, followed by great day. i'm luke notestine 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days.

3 it is 5:xx ... it's a boy! 3 our beloved giraffe from the greenville zoo is very healthy and very tall. here are new photos sent to us from the zoo. out of two hundred name submissions, zoo keepers decided to name him "tatu". it means "third chld" in swahili. the zoo says the name was actually submitted three separate times. here's a live look of mom and baby this morning. thanks to earthcam.. viewers across the u.s. were able to watch as autumn gave birth on february

3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. here are your weather headlines for today.. up next.. we'll talk about what to expect in the extended forecast. 3 3 3 3 "in all likelihood this person will be out of the mainstream and he'll be rejected by the senate." presidential nominations and supreme court replacements have candidates sparring on

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3 multiple schools are closed or delayed this morning ahead of the expected winter weather... including buncombe county which is on a two hour delay. this is the list up on wlos dot com right now. you can also see the closures scrolling across the bottom of your screen. 3 3 even if it is not snowing or sleeting in your area yet, many folks are waking up to bitter cold. we have have live team weather coverage this morning. jaclyn deaugustino has the latest for your on-time traffic report. news 13's lauren brigman is in madison county. but first let's send it over to the sky watch center.. ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3